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StoryvilleWhich Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim HetheringtonTim Hetherington's Photos: Afghanistan

Pictures taken with an American platoon in Afghanistan.

  • Bobby kisses Cortez during a play fight at the barracks of Second Platoon at the Korengal Outpost.
  • A 2nd platoon soldier rests after fighting at the Restrepo outpost, named after medic Juan Restrepo who was killed in 2007.
  • Men rush to positions in an insurgent attack. Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, is central to the US fight against militant Islam.
  • On Patrol to Obi Nauw
  • Specialist Tad Donoho screams after being given a birthday 'pink belly': platoon members strike their stomachs till blood rises
  • Steiner shows where he was shot in the head in a firefight. The tattoeed winged bullets portray the 'angels' watching over him.
  • Dunn and Murphy, Korengal Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan
  • Specialist Underwood shouts to a gunner while launching grenades during an attack by Taliban fighters who oppose US troops.

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